Unwashed
[ʌn'wɒʃt] or [,ʌn'wɔʃt]
Definition
(adj.) not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; 'a sink full of unwashed dishes' .
Edited by Lilian--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
adj. not washed filthy: untouched by the waves.
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Examples
- Cotton, and speculations, and smoke, well-cleansed and well-cared-for machinery, and unwashed and neglected hands. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I always did think those frowsy, romantic, unwashed peasant girls I had read so much about in poetry were a glaring fraud. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Such is the way of the world, Peter; and as you are the legitimate urchin, rude, unwashed, and naughty, you must stand down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She held herself aloof from me as if she had been a queen, and I her humble, unwashed vassal. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But it is a pity, lad, he added, that you did not hang these four samples of the unwashed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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